[ Of course, he didn't look. Ed had probably known that he wouldn't. The other man likely knew most of his tendencies and habits better than he himself did by now. Oswald hadn't guessed how long he would be sitting there like that, but he had assumed it would be longer and that he would have at least heard Ed coming in so that he could pretend to not be a complete mess if even for a second. But he'd been completely caught off guard, the way he jumped in his seat and took a sharp intake of air as he let his hands fall a more than telling indication of such. ]
Ed? [ His trepidation was quite clear by his tone, almost as if he had been on the verge of crying. That calculating look on his face only made the knot of anxiety in his stomach knot further. He made himself stand, but his eyes were on Ed for only a few stray seconds before his gaze fell downward. ] I-I hadn't expected you so soon.
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Ed? [ His trepidation was quite clear by his tone, almost as if he had been on the verge of crying. That calculating look on his face only made the knot of anxiety in his stomach knot further. He made himself stand, but his eyes were on Ed for only a few stray seconds before his gaze fell downward. ] I-I hadn't expected you so soon.